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Chicago-based PE firm Frontenac, which focuses on lower middle-market companies in the consumer, industrial, and services sectors, has closed its 13th fund, Frontenac XIII Private Capital, with $900m in total committed capital, exceeding its $700m target.
The Los Angeles Fire & Police Pension System has approved commitments totalling $382.2m across six private equity funds and one private credit fund, continuing its strategy of diversifying its $32.5bn portfolio, according to a report by Private Equity Insights.
European mid-market private equity firm Inflexion has agreed a minority investment in accountancy and advisory firm Baker Tilly Netherlands. The investment is being made by Partnership Capital III, Inflexion’s dedicated minority fund.
Francisco Partners has held the final close of its third credit fund, FP Credit Partners III, with $3.3bn in total capital commitments – surpassing its initial $2.3bn target and its predecessor fund, which closed at $2.2bn in October 2021.
Aquiline Capital Partners, a private investment firm specialising in financial services and technology investments, has provided a credit investment to capital markets intelligence specialist S3 Partners.
Swedish private equity giant EQT Partners has reported €11bn in exit proceeds for 2024, a 72% increase from the prior year, signalling a recovery in private equity activity after a period of subdued exits, according to a report by the Financial Times.
Pension funds are calling for more transparency from private equity firms, seeking clearer and standardised reporting on fees and returns, in new guidelines published by the Institutional Limited Partners Association, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal.
A lender to Shimao Group Holdings is negotiating with private credit investors to offload a $1.3bn loan tied to a luxury apartment project central to the restructuring of the defaulted Chinese developer, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Dalmore Capital, an independent fund management company that invests in long-term infrastructure assets on behalf of institutional investors, has acquired Triple Point Energy Transition Holdings for £44.1m.
Calpine Corp’s $16.4bn sale to Constellation Energy is set to deliver a major windfall to its owners offering optimism in the private equity sector that similar mega-deals could help an industry grappling with sluggish investor payouts, according to a report by Reuters.
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